Colorado Aspen/Snowmass current conditions?

[ksampson3]

I'll be at Aspen/Snowmass this week and was wondering what the conditions are. If you had to pick in order from best to worst, would you ski Ajax, Aspen Highlands, or Snowmass first? I'll be staying in Snowmass Village, so I will probably ski Snowmass on Mon/Tues. I'm trying to figure out where to concentrate on Wed to Fri. I ski all over the mountain, preferring glades and bowls. I love groomers, too. It's all good. Just trying to figure out the best use of my days out there.
I guess what I'm really asking is not for a comparison of the mountains but which mountain currently has the best conditions.

Thanks much

 

[tch]

I just landed at Snowmass today; I'''m skiing tomorrow and will post about conditions. I am going to Snowmass b/c a buddy at steamboat who has a buddy at Aspen said I'll find the best conditions (of pretty crappy choices) there. I'm in Carbondale right now and it's 55*. No snow that I know of in past week and none predicted to come.

 

[Drahtguy Kevin]

Conditions were grim a couple of weeks ago, and there hasn’t been any meaningful new snow since then. That said, a few inches are expected early next week.

 

[BGreen]

Highlands is thin.

 

[Slide of Hans]

Article about an approved expansion at Ajax into pandero

 

[Slide of Hans]

Article about an approved 180 acreaexpansion at Ajax into pandora area east of the summit. It will have a HSQ , maybe operational by 2021.

https://www.aspentimes.com/news/loc...-expansion-more-snowmaking-at-aspen-mountain/

 

[ksampson3]

Thanks for posting that. Here's an article from last week about the proposed expansion at the base. Looks like the developers want to stick taxpayers for approx $5 million. This might get ugly.

https://www.aspentimes.com/news/loc...ncials-on-mountain-base-development-proposal/

 

[Tytlynz64]

Any word on the snow at the resorts? Heading out there in 10 days fingers crossed.

 

[LowPressureKarl]

Snow is phenomenal.

 

[SBrown]

You shouldn’t be disappointed. I skied Snowmass last week and it was pretty phenomenal... they have had another foot? almost since then, and more in the forecast.

 

[Tytlynz64]

Nice! Thanks for the info. So looking forward to the trip!